The Magic Wand Volume 37 (1948)
by George Armstrong

Numbers 217-220

254 pages

1. Vol. 37, Number 217, March, 1948 [48 numbered & 18 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • A Word of Thanks
   • Resolutions
   • Hotel Entertainment
   • What is Wrong?
   • Opening Effects
   • Reading Matter
   • Three New Series
5. Magical Publications and The General Public - article by Bill Bishop
7. Mainly for Mentalists - A New Series by Arthur F. G. Carter
   • Psychological Forces
8. Tray Trix - A New Series by Verrall Wass
   • Stripe=O!
   • The Laughing Buddha
11. The Roundabout - series by Claude Chandler
14. The Magic Letter Box - correspondence
15. Letters to a Collector - a new series by James B. Findlay
17. Competition - The Best Effect for Entertaining Children
    17. The Three Foxes - Billy Barton
    20. The Queen's Necklace - Lawrence Backler
    22. Oscar The Ostrich - Roger H. Peate (New Zealand)
23. Sellers Magic - series by Tom Sellers
    • Climax for the Patriotic Balls
    • The Breakaway Vanish Box
26. Melange - notes and comments from George Johnson
27. A Matter of Colour - J. F. Orrin
30. Topical Gags - Norman Rashleigh
31. Peter Pentra - Roy Cowl
33. The Appendix to Robert-Houdin's "Confidences" - translated by S. H. Sharpe - continued from Volume XXXVI, page 177
    • The Garland of Flowers
    • Robert-Houdin's Portfolio
36. The "Three-Three" Card Trick - Devano
37. Some Notes on Chapeaugraphy - J. A. Esler - continued from Volume XXXVI, page 184
    • More Hats
40. The Magic Angle - Bill Bishop
    • Part IV
      • How to get the Idea (continued)
      • Colour Change
46. Take a Card? - excerpt
47. Book Notes
    • ConJUNIORing - John Brearley
    • Sleights Supreme - E. Brian MacCarthy
    • Magic at Your Fingertips - Milbourne Christopher
    • Gems of Mental Magic - John Brown Cook and Arthur Buckley

49. Vol. 37, Number 218, June, 1948 [48 numbered & 16 unnumbered advertising pages]
49. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Letters to a Collector
    • The Competition
    • On the Sick List
50. The Roundabout - series by Claude Chandler
52. The Teleasthesiac Card - Axel Hume
    • Variation on the Same Theme
54. Well, I Thought It Was Funny - M. C. Payne
54. Chapeau Fez - Jack Lamonte
55. Mainly for Mentalists - series by Arthur F. G. Carter
    • The Aye-Cee" Miracle Book Test
56. Sellers Magic - series by Tom Sellers
    • Penetra-Disc
    • Coin Producing 'Kerchief
59. Nothing up My Sleeve - Eileen Duxbury (South Africa)
60. Do As I Do - news excerpt
61. The Appendix to Robert-Houdin's "Confidences" - translated by S. H. Sharpe - continued from page 36
    • The Instantaneous Impression
    • The Transparent Cashbox
64. The Best "Opening" Trick - a New Competition - announcement
64. Poker Pay-Off!! - news excerpt
65. Competition - The Best Effect for Entertaining Children
    65. Sand Castle Scena - John K. Bays
    67. Mickey's Escape - Jimmy Flowers
    70. The Cats and the Chicken - C. Tomlinson
    71. The Mysterious Ball - James Wilson
74. The Scarlet Pimpernel - rhyming patter for the Sliding Card Box - H. C. Mole
75. The Spelling Tables - Rupert H. Slater
77. The Magic Letter Box - correspondence
78. The Mystic Card Frame - George Johnson
79. Letters to a Collector - series by James B. Findlay
80. Registration of New Effects - offer
80. The Mystery of Tut-Ru-Karam - new product by Sidney Lawrence
81. Tray Trix - series by Verrall Wass
    • The Breakaway Tray
    • Card-Cod Tray
83. The Clairvoyante - Herbert Leigh
84. More X-Ray Torch - Billie Francis
85. Daze, The Magician - book review by George Johnson
86. The Magic Angle - Bill Bishop
    • Part V
      • How to get the Idea - Method Three - Concentration (continued)
      • The Second Glass
92. Fantasy Fifty-Two - John K. Bays
    • Deceivers Ever
93. Book Notes
    • Basic Card Technique - Anthony Norman
    • The Card Expert Entertains - Dariel Fitzkee
    • Annemeann's Miracles of Card Magic - John J. Crimmins, editor
    • Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vols. 3 and 4 (Book Edition)
    • Caught Thoughts - Peter Warlock
    • Cours Magia - Robert Veno
    • Les Anneaux "Innovation" - Guy Bert
    • Thirteen Effects of Paper Magic - Thorkild Andersen
    • Encyclopedia of Sleeving - Jack Chanin

97. Vol. 37, Number 219, October, 1948 [48 numbered & 14 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
97. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Opening Up
    • A New Effect
    • A Problem
    • For Mentalists
    • The Close
    • Stop Press
99. The Roundabout - series by Claude Chandler
101. The 14-15 Force - W. S. Hartley
102. Mainly for Mentalists - series by Arthur F. G. Carter
     • The "Aye-Cee" Hidden Card Principle
     • The Basic Effect
     • The Principle
     • 1. The Insurance Card
     • 2. Touch
     • 3. Do As I Do
     • 4. Thought Materialization
     • 5. A Get-Out
105. A Fairy Tale - H. C. Mole
107. Competition Results - The Best Effect for Entertaining Children
     • First Prize - The Statue - Reg. Gayton
     • [Second Prize - Babes in the Wood - Cyro]
     • [Third Prize - Afgan Races - Les Vincent]
107. The Next Competition - The Best "Opening" Trick
108. To You - Anon. - poem
109. Spectator's Guess - Allan Lambie (Canada)
110. Discovery at the Card Table - Roy Cowl
111. The Homing Pigeon - George Joyce
113. Mainly Manipulative - E. Brian MacCarthy
     • A Better "Magic Arithmetic"
115. Put a Move On - meaning of "Hey Presto"
116. Patter for The Demon Wonder Box - J. Lockhart Davidson
117. Sellers Magic - series by Tom Sellers
     • Delayed Action Ball Flight
     • The Productive Frame
119. Round and Round They Go - new effects announced
     • The Chinese Paper Tear
     • The Wheel of Torture
120. The Soldier and the Colonel's Daughter - Stanley G. Brown (South Africa)
123. The Appendix to Robert-Houdin's "Confidences" - translated by S. H. Sharpe - continued from page 63
     • The French-Guardsman
     • The Pastrycook of the Palais-Royal
     • Diavolo Antonio
126. The Clairvoyante, Again - Rupert H. Slater
127. Letters to a Collector - series by James B. Findlay
129. The "Chavel" Card Box - Dick Chilvers
130. Tray Trix - series by Verrall Wass
     • The Anti-Gravity Tray
132. The Ultimate Invisible Pass - Rupert H. Slater
132. John Ramsay's Cups and Balls - future book announcement
133. To Cheltenham - Oscar (Khayyam) Paulson
135. The Magic Angle - Bill Bishop
     • Part VI
       • How to get the Idea - Method Three - Concentration (continued)
       • Similies in Colour
141. The Magic Letter Box - correspondence
141. The Mystic Card Frame - more on the effect from page 78
142. Book Notes
     • Mind Out of Time - Peter Warlock
     • Stuthard's Svengali Routine - Joe Stuthard
     • Principles and Deceptions - Arthur Buckley
     • The Eyes of the Gods - John P. Hamilton
     • Your Deck Your Card - Tony Kardyro
     • Fifty Tricks with a Thumb-Tip - Milbourne Christopher
     • Novel Passe Coin Routine and Climax - William Kalman
     • Mentale Mysterier - Aage Darling
     • Fantaisies Avec les des a Jouer - Treborix
     • Trucs et Ficelles du Metier - Robert Veno

145. Vol. 37, Number 220, December, 1948 [48 numbered; 14 unnumbered cover, advertising pages]
145. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • The Problem Solved
     • An Important Year
     • Publicity
     • The Competition
     • Children's Effect Competition
     • Magical Copyright
     • The Index
     • The End of Another Year
     • A Pleasant Task
148. The Roundabout - series by Claude Chandler
     • The Silks to Pocket
     • The Anti-Gravity Knife
151. The Die is Cast - Frank Butler
     • The Hidden Number
     • Plural Dice
     • Captive Dice
     • "Albuto" Dice
     • Go-Bang!
     • Anchored Dice
     • Produx
157. The Appendix to Robert-Houdin's "Confidences" - translated by S. H. Sharpe - continued from page 126
     • The Enchanted Vase
     • The Horn of Plenty
161. Mainly Manipulative - E. Brian MacCarthy
     • In Two Places at the Same Time
168. See-Sawcery - J. F. Orrin
170. Cigar to Ribbon Routine - John K. Bays
172. The Cups and Balls Board - board & servant by A. C. Newitt
174. A Card Prediction - Phil Wall
175. Letters to a Collector - series by James B. Findlay
177. The Magic Angle - Bill Bishop
     • Part VII
       • Recognition of the Idea
       • Sh-h! Quiet Please!
185. The (Live) Homing Pigeon - E. Brian MacCarthy
186. Tray Trix - series by Verrall Wass
     • White Rice - Red Silk
188. Truth will Outshine - Being the Report of an Annual Dinner - humor by Oscar Paulson
191. Book Notes
     • The Fine Art of Magic - George G. Kaplan
     • Professional Magic for Amateurs - Walter B. Gibson
     • The Devil's Whisper and its Development - De Vega